Bench-vise



J. W. CODDING & F. H. PUTNAM.

BENCH VISE. I APPLICATION FILED JULY 3% I914.

Patented Aug. 22, 1916.

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JOHN W. CODDING AND FRANK H. PUTNAM, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

BENCH-VISE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1916.

Application filed July 30, 1914. Serial No. 854,088.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN W. Combine and FRANK H. PUTNAM, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane andState of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Im provementsin BenchVises; and we hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention is a novel combination bench vise, and it comprisessocket pieces adapted to be attached to the legs of an ordinarycarpenters bench vise, and removable interchangeable jaws which can bereadily connected with said socket pieces and will be retained inposition by gravity; and it also includes means whereby the vise can beused to grip pipes or rods, and whereby it may also be used to gripsaws, sheet metal, leather, etc.

The invention is designed to do away with the necessity for having anumber of Vises in a shop and provides a vise with interchangeable partsany of which the workman can readily place in position; and it alsoenables an ordinary wooden, or carpenters bench vise, to be readilyconverted into a powerful anvil vise, a pipe and rod vise, a saw clamp,etc., as hereinafter eX- plained, thus greatly reducing the cost of afull equipment of vises and enabling one bench vise to be employed for alarge number of purposes, and providing the workman with a series ofvise tools suitable to the work he wishes to do, and simplifying andexpediting his work by providing him with a proper vise or clamping toolsuitable to the work in hand.

The invention will be more clearly understood from the followingdescription in connection with the accompanying drawings in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the vise socket membersdetached. Fig. 2 is a front view of one of the removable andinterchangeable vise jaws provided with a detachable pipe or rod clampmember. Fig. 3 is an edge view of Fig. 2. Fig. 1 is a section on theline 1-4, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a saw clamping jaw.Fig. 6 is a detail section on the line 6-6, Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is asectional elevation of an ordinary bench clamp vise with ourimprovements applied thereto.

Referring to Fig. 7 7 designates the legs of an ordinary bench visewhich are usually made of wood, and are adjustably connected at bottomby a bar 7 and pin 7 and their upper ends are adjustable to or from eachother by means of a screw 7 operable by a handle 7 in the usual manner.In applying our invention to such a vise we provide socket members 1which are preferably made of cast iron and have a vertical portion 1 anda horizontal top flange 1 and each has a vertical clove-tailed or T-slot1 in its vertical portion, the clove-tailed slot forming a rib on theback of the vertical portion. The socket members 1 are secured to theinner faces and upper ends of the legs 7 of the bench vise by means ofbolts 2 as indicated in Fig. 7, and form a strong reinforce for theupper end of said legs, and the flanges 1 overlie and protect the upperends of said legs 7 and at the same time relieve the vertical strain onthe bolts 2. The socket members 1 are adapted to support within thedovetailed or T-slot 1, removable and interchangeable vise jaws adaptedto the Work for which the vise is to be used. Figs. 2, 3 and 4:represent one of these removable jaws, which has a head portion 6 and ashank portion 6 which shank portion 6 is provided with lateral verticalribs 5 and is adapted to fit within the slot 1 of the related socketmember as indicated in Fig. 4 and thus hold the jaw securely inposition. The overhanging portion 6 of the head 6 rests upon the top 1of the socket member and supports the jaw securely in place, and all theworkman has to do in applying or removing the jaw 6 to or from the viseleg is simply to lower its shank into the slot 1 or lift it verticallytherefrom. The jaw 6 may be made of cast-iron and the working face ofthe same may be reinforced by a steel plate 6 so that the jaw will notbe chipped when subjected to rough usage or powerful clamping pressure.

The shank 6 is preferably provided in its front face with a verticalslot 6 in which is secured a rod or pipe clamp member 3, which projectsbeyond the face of the shank 6 and is provided in its outer side with atransverse stepped notch as shown adapted to bite a pipe or rod in theusual manner and securely clamp the same. The part 3 is shown asdetachably attached to the jaw 6, by means of a pin 4 passing throughsuitable apertures 1n the shank of the jaw and the part 3, see Figs. 2to 4.

Fig. 5 represents a saw, or leather, clamping jaw 9 having a shank 9 thelower edge of which is rabbeted at 9* so as to fit the slot 1 of thesocket members and provided above the part 9 with a projection 9 thatwill rest on the top of the socket member 1 and support the jaw 9 inposition as is obvious.

From the foregoing it will be seen that with this invention we are ableto convert an .ordinary carpenters wood bench vise into a powerful metalvise, and provide the same with interchangeable jaws so that it can beconverted into a metal holding vise of the ordinary type, or a pipe orrod vise, or a saw clamp, etc, and in practice suitable jaws can beprovided adapted for any special work, all such jaws being readilyinterchangeable by simply engaging or disengaging their shanks from thevertical slot in the socket member.

Having thus described our invention we claim:

1. In combination with a wooden vise comprising opposite legs, means forconnecting the lower ends of said legs, and a clamp ing screwtransfixing one leg and engaging the other leg; of a socket memberattached to eachvise leg, said member having a vertical dovetailed slotin its outer face and an outwardly projecting flange on its upper endadapted to rest upon and protect the top of the leg, and also having anoutstanding vertical rib on its back opposite the slot, said ribengaging a corresponding slot in the related leg; and detachableinterchangeable aw members each having a shank adapted to engage thevertical slot in the related socket member, substantially as described.

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2. In combination with a Wooden vise comprising opposite legs, means foradjustably connecting the lower ends of said legs, and a clamping screwtransfixing one leg and engaging the other leg; of a socket memberattached to the inner face of each vise leg above the screw, said memberhaving a vertical dove-tailed slot in its outer case and an outwardlyprojecting flange adapted to rest upon the top of the leg, and alsohaving an outstanding rib on its back opposite the slot, said ribengaging a corresponding slot in the related leg; and detachable jawmembers each havlng a shank adapted to engage the related socket member,said jaw members being interchangeable, substantially as described.

3. In combination with a wooden vise comprising opposite legs, means forconnecting the lower ends of said legs, and a clamping screw transfixingone leg and engaging the other leg; of a socket member attached to theupper end and inner face of each vise leg above the screw, detachablejaw members each having a shank adapted to en gage the related socketmember, and havin a slot in their shanks below their heads; anc 7auxiliary clamping members attached to the shanks of the jaw members insaid slots, and below the heads of said jaw members, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing LEWIS ALvERs.

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by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G.

